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The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
4.0
In two completely different eras, we find two women who are quite similar. It's 1919, and Lillian Carter, known as Angelica, is a muse for the most famous and well known sculptors. Her mother, Kitty, gave up her family wealth to marry a man beneath her status and found herself working in a utensil factory. After he deserted, the women moved to New York where Lillian was discovered. Her career kept them afloat until the Spanish Flu. Alone and accused of a tawdry relationship with her landlord, who just murdered his wife, Lillian flees and finds herself employed soon thereafter by the Frick family - in a home that features her body above the entry.
In 1966, British aspiring model Veronica lands a gig in New York for Vogue. Desperate to make money to care for her sister, Veronica is devastated when her job falls apart and she finds herself trapped in the Frick house (now a museum) overnight with a young man, Joshua, whom she doesn't know. As she stumbles upon what appear to be scavenger hunt clues hidden in the house, Veronica may find the answer to her own puzzle.
Alternating between two women whose grew up in similar circumstances, Davis weaves a story that is grounded in the world of art, but demonstrates that the inspiration for that art isn't always appreciated. Featuring two protagonists that learn beauty won't save you, but your strength and ingenuity can.
I love the historical connections in this book and the research that went into incorporating Henry Frick and his family in a fiction novel.
In 1966, British aspiring model Veronica lands a gig in New York for Vogue. Desperate to make money to care for her sister, Veronica is devastated when her job falls apart and she finds herself trapped in the Frick house (now a museum) overnight with a young man, Joshua, whom she doesn't know. As she stumbles upon what appear to be scavenger hunt clues hidden in the house, Veronica may find the answer to her own puzzle.
Alternating between two women whose grew up in similar circumstances, Davis weaves a story that is grounded in the world of art, but demonstrates that the inspiration for that art isn't always appreciated. Featuring two protagonists that learn beauty won't save you, but your strength and ingenuity can.
I love the historical connections in this book and the research that went into incorporating Henry Frick and his family in a fiction novel.